Customers ask, If I do not like dressing up, why is it that you suggest cruisers take a dress-up outfit with them anyway ?

If you don't take the dress-up outfit, you limited your choices, once there. Here's five, very reasonable and conservative reasons, for choosing to take at least one dress-up outfit on your cruise:

1) Who's to say, you may get there and just naturally, on your own, change your mind. It's something about a cruise, that often changes how you "normally do things". Here's example, but not related to dressing-up: Years ago, Carnival use to have a male night gown contest. Every time I would have a honeymoon client book, I would tell them this. I would ask the guys, if they think they would do this, and every one of them told me, no. Well, I would make it a point to call them when returning, only to find out, each and every one of those honeymoon males, did the contest.

2) You might make new friends, who love to go to dress-up night and are really hoping you will be there too. This happens all the time ... Meeting new people. And, next thing you know, you want to do everything they want to do. Or more importantly, you may decide, you don't want them leaving you out of anything or doing something you don't get to do.

3) You find out, that the meal you love most, is being served on dress-up night. All of a sudden, you don't hate dressing-up so much any more. I was once on a cruise, with a group, who thought they could get by with not dressing-up on dress-up night, and marching right into the dining room. Well, the maitre'd didn't let them in ! But they wanted that meal, so they ran to the room, and changed, very quickly and returned to the dining room, enjoying a fabulous meal and forgetting they were all dressed-up !

4) You get there and decide you want to do the dress-up thing for your spouse. Why not ! It's something about a cruise that brings a lot of romance ... You may as well not miss out on the opportunity of making your spouse feel special too !

5) Dress-up night is as great night to take long lasting memory pictures. They make great Christmas presents. You'll find that lots and lots and lots of people take pictures on dress-up night !

If I've yet to convince you, consider taking the outfit anyway ! For woman, it's just no shorts, cause a pants suite or pants and top are just fine. For men, it only means taking a coat and tie; Just plan to take it off as soon as you get inside.